Example sentences of "can [prep] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple are determined to do what they can for their young guest but they admit it could be difficult . |
| 2 | It would have served as a substitute-gratification for their own sadism ( i.e. , ‘ I can not retaliate against my father , but I can against my younger brother ’ ) ; but also as a defence on the part of the ego ( i.e. , ‘ I am spared the anxiety of being made the object of an attack if I can instead become the attacker ’ ) ; finally , it would also have contributed a first , rudimentary focus for the superego ( i.e. , ‘ My father is not now the attacker — I am — hence I am to that extent my father ! ’ ) . |
| 3 | Thanks largely to our supporters around the world , we in UNICEF have put everything we can into our worldwide immunisation programme over the past few years . |
| 4 | It is true that some local authorities will not say whether you are eligible or not until a place has been put on offer to you , but it 's still very much worth your while to find out all you can from your local education authority . |
| 5 | And she says that she does what she can in her own way , she tries her best to do what she can to help . |
| 6 | Apple Computer Inc has been left with little more than a garbage can in its protracted suit against Microsoft Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co alleging that Windows infringes its copyright in the Macintosh user interface . |
| 7 | ‘ We must demonstrate to youngsters that science and technology can in their many ways find the answers and should not always be viewed as the culprit . ’ |
| 8 | Governors are largely untrained volunteers doing what they can in their spare time . |
| 9 | All of these factors can in their own way provide visual support to the listening process . |
| 10 | There is much to do , in the inter-connected aspects of caring for human beings , animals and the environment , and we all have the opportunity to do what we can in our own situations . |
| 11 | Having achieved this , we can in our concluding section point to some of the strengths and weaknesses of these explanations and the various prescriptions which flow from them . |
| 12 | I do all I can on my good days . ’ |
| 13 | A link ( B in Figure 7.37 ) , attached to another ( A ) which is itself grounded , can at its free end describe any point within its circles of reach on a two-dimensional plane . |
| 14 | Since neither House can by its own declaration create a new privilege , privilege may be considered to be capable of being ascertained and thus judicially known to the courts . |